Magnus IV of Sweden

Magnus IV of Sweden (April 1316-1 December 1374) was the King of Sweden from 8 July 1319 to February 1364, succeeding Birger of Sweden and preceding Albert of Sweden.

Biography
Magnus was born in April 1316 to Duke Eric of Sodermanland and Ingeborg of Norway, and he came from the Swedish Catholic House of Bjelbo. Magnus became the king of Sweden and Norway in 1319, and he married Blanche of Namur. Magnus led a crusade against Novgorod in 1348 and forcibly converted the tribes along the Neva Rivers, but in 1351 he failed to gain support for another crusade. He died in 1374, and Albert of Sweden succeeded him.